drawInfo not working

[easy tank]

Hello,

I made normal box on Blender and then I put it in .bzw, I look for code drawInfo and found it, one is at BZWiki. I put it at .bzw there where is normal box.
It says many errors... When I try examples from internet then it works great, but I would like to make one alone not copy.
Can someone help me, please?

[blast]

We can't if we don't know what you're doing or what errors you received.

[easy tank]

Here is my mapfile.bzw:




define box

mesh #
# vertices: 8
# normals: 0
# texcoords: 0
# faces: 6

vertex -3.820217 -3.820216 7.640434
vertex -3.820217 3.820217 7.640434
vertex 3.820217 3.820216 7.640434
vertex 3.820215 -3.820218 7.640434
vertex -3.820219 -3.820215 0.000000
vertex 3.820216 -3.820217 0.000000
vertex 3.820218 3.820215 0.000000
vertex -3.820214 3.820219 0.000000
face
vertices 0 1 2 3
endface
face
vertices 4 5 6 7
endface
face
vertices 0 4 7 1
endface
face
vertices 1 7 6 2
endface
face
vertices 2 6 5 3
endface
face
vertices 4 0 3 5
endface
end

drawInfo
dlist
# extents -1 -1 0 1 1 1
# sphere 0 0 0.5 2.25
angvel 70
corner 0 0 0
corner 1 1 1
corner 2 2 2
corner 4 4 4

lod # 0
dlist
lengthPerPixel 0

# tristrip 2 3 4 0 1 3 2 4
# tristrip 0 1 3 2 4 1
end # material -1
end # lod 0

end # drawInfo

enddef

group box
scale 1 1 1
shift 0 0 0
end



I don't know what's problem with it.

[joevano]

And what are the errors you receive? The error usually points to the area where the problem is...

[easy tank]

I guess this is that what do you want:


drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 37): invalid object type "drawInfo" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 38): invalid object type "dlist" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 41): invalid object type "angvel" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 42): invalid object type "corner" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 43): invalid object type "corner" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 44): invalid object type "corner" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 45): invalid object type "corner" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 47): invalid object type "lod" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 48): invalid object type "dlist" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: warning (line 49): invalid object type "lengthPerPixel" - skipping
drawinfotest.bzw: error (line 53): unexpected "end" token
drawinfotest.bzw: error: world file failed to load.
ERROR: A world was not specified


:/

[blast]

The drawInfo should be part of the mesh. You are ending your mesh too early. Remove the 'end' after your last 'endface' in your mesh definition and see if it works better.

[JeffM]

The draw info is not an object itself, it is part of the mesh, you put the draw info outside the mesh so that's why it did not work. Put it before the end of the box.

also you have an extra end for a matref you did not define.

Code: Select all

define box
	mesh #
		# vertices: 8
		# normals: 0
		# texcoords: 0
		# faces: 6

		vertex -3.820217 -3.820216 7.640434
		vertex -3.820217 3.820217 7.640434
		vertex 3.820217 3.820216 7.640434
		vertex 3.820215 -3.820218 7.640434
		vertex -3.820219 -3.820215 0.000000
		vertex 3.820216 -3.820217 0.000000
		vertex 3.820218 3.820215 0.000000
		vertex -3.820214 3.820219 0.000000
		face
			vertices 0 1 2 3
		endface
		face
			vertices 4 5 6 7
		endface
		face
			vertices 0 4 7 1
		endface
		face
			vertices 1 7 6 2
		endface
		face
			vertices 2 6 5 3
		endface
		face
			vertices 4 0 3 5
		endface

		drawInfo
			dlist
			# extents -1 -1 0 1 1 1
			# sphere 0 0 0.5 2.25
			angvel 70
			corner 0 0 0
			corner 1 1 1
			corner 2 2 2
			corner 4 4 4

			lod # 0
				lengthPerPixel 0
				# tristrip 2 3 4 0 1 3 2 4
				# tristrip 0 1 3 2 4 1
			end # lod 0
		end # drawInfo
	end
enddef

group box
	scale 1 1 1
	shift 0 0 0
end

[easy tank]

Thanks blast and JeffM for telling me to delete one "end" which I fail. 2nd problem, I've done all as you said, but the box hasn't got texture (it's invisible) O.o
Maybe I fail something again
Here it is:


define box

material
name example
alphathresh 0.9
noradar
noshadow
noculling
nosorting
addtexture http://images.bzflag.org/-shadow-/-shadow-_stone.PNG
end

mesh
vertex -10 -10 0
vertex 10 -10 0
vertex 10 10 0
vertex -10 10 0
vertex -10 -10 10
vertex 10 -10 10
vertex 10 10 10
vertex -10 10 10
face #south
matref example
vertices 0 1 5 4
endface
face #east
vertices 1 2 6 5
matref example
endface
face #north
vertices 2 3 7 6
matref example
endface
face #west
vertices 3 0 4 7
matref example
endface
face #bottom
vertices 0 1 2 3
matref example
endface
face #top
vertices 4 5 6 7
matref example
endface

drawInfo
dlist
# extents -1 -1 0 1 1 1
# sphere 0 0 0.5 2.25
angvel 50

lod # 0
lengthPerPixel 0
matref -1
dlist
#tristrip 0 1 4 2 4 3 0 2 1

#tristrip 2 3 4 0 1 3 2 4
#tristrip 0 1 3 2 4 1
end # material -1

end # lod 0

end # drawInfo

end
enddef

group box
matref example
scale 1 1 1
shift 0 0 0
end



What's wrong D:

[JeffM]

You did not define any coordinates for your draw info, and no material, so it won't show anything. You commented out the tristrip.

I'm not sure you know what you are doing. DrawInfo is SUPER complex, so I would recommend that you understand what it does before you decide to use it.

With draw info you have to define ALL of the information for the faces, that means UVs and normals.

You may be better off using a modeling application and export as OBJ and convert to draw info with modeltool.

[easy tank]

Sorry if I don't understand some things. I will try to make all to be perfect. Thanks for help!

[JeffM]

What are you trying to do with DrawInfo?

[easy tank]

I'm trying to do some object which is flying, on blender I can modle. It can be normal box too. Just I want it to fly, example look planes on map by Jefenry Stalingrad or on Planet MoFo
one space ship from film "Star Wars". They are moving. (we can say they are flying)

[JeffM]

There is a draw info option for modeltool that will convert an obj into a non-colliding object that will spin. That sounds like what you want.

Remember, DrawInfo is not a generic animation system, so it is very limited in what it can do.

[easy tank]

Thanks for your help. I've made DrawInfo, I mean I made much thing with it... Now I know how to make it. If you are interested, go at: altix.silicon.hr:5552 on BZFlag.